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Cerithium (Ptychocerithium)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Ptychocerithium was named by Sacco (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) by Vredenburg (1928), Beets (1941), Abbass (1967), Shuto (1978), Harzhauser et al. (2002) and Harzhauser (2004).

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cerithium by Vredenburg (1928), Beets (1941), Abbass (1967), Shuto (1978), Harzhauser et al. (2002) and Harzhauser (2004); and to Cerithiidae by Zunino and Pavia (2009).

Subtaxa
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ansuriensis, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) archiaci, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) haimei, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) hassani, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) ighinai, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) nanggulanense, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) plicatoligocenica, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) pseudocorrugatum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rude, Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) tricingulatum, Ptychocerithium perlamellosum, Ptychocerithium shamukum, Ptychocerithium turritoplicatum
Species lacking formal opinion data
Cerithium abbassi, Cerithium abictiforme, Cerithium alternatum, Cerithium angyostoma, Cerithium armoricense, Cerithium austriacum, Cerithium binodulasum, Cerithium boulei, Cerithium bronni, Cerithium calcivelatum, Cerithium caloosaensis, Cerithium cyprinum, Cerithium dubium, Cerithium georgianum, Cerithium gilyandense, Cerithium gonzagae, Cerithium guinacium, Cerithium heeri, Cerithium hernandoensis, Cerithium isidis, Cerithium kavasiense, Cerithium kobunense, Cerithium koroniense, Cerithium krauskopfi, Cerithium leei, Cerithium libycum, Cerithium manzourensis, Cerithium mazureki, Cerithium mogharens, Cerithium obsoletum, Cerithium pachecoi, Cerithium percostatum, Cerithium periphractum, Cerithium pirabicum, Cerithium praecursor, Cerithium roedereri, Cerithium septemplicatum, Cerithium simpsonense, Cerithium struckmanii, Cerithium vertagus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ptychocerithium Sacco
1928Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Vredenburg p. 358
1941Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Beets p. 52
1967Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Abbass p. 36
1978Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Shuto p. 146
1995Ptychocerithium Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
2002Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Harzhauser et al.
2002Ptychocerithium Sepkoski
2004Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Harzhauser p. 115
2009Ptycocerithium Zunino and Pavia p. 361

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyCerithiinaeFleming 1822
genusCerithiumBruguière 1789
subgenusPtychocerithium(Sacco 1895)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2009-03-16 10:26:20
Modified: 2009-05-20 06:49:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.20000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (62 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Ptychocerithium resoviense (27018) Ptychocerithium sp., Ptychocerithium resoviense, Ptychocerithium semicostatum (27020)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Turkey (Central Anatolia) Cerithium archiaci (99342)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Ptychocerithium sp. A (183845)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Ptychocerithium shamukum (236692)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Ptychocerithium lamellosum, Ptychocerithium semicristatum (171526)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Centre) Cerithium eymardi (178085)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) Ptychocerithium lamellosum (177970 177975)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Cerithium hassani (2954)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) Ptychocerithium ickei (179075)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Ptychocerithium edulcoratum, Ptychocerithium goossensi, Ptychocerithium lamellosum (178083) Ptychocerithium lamellosum (178119)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia Ptychocerithium ickei, Ptychocerithium nanggulanense (70082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Cerithium ansuriensis (2963)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) Ptychocerithium morgani (178155)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Ptychocerithium chevallieri (179130)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Ptycocerithium lamellosum (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Ptychocerithium johannae (141924 142111)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Ptychocerithium lamellosum (78565)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Cerithium perlamellosum (77158) Ptychocerithium perlamellosum (77450 77451)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Pakistan Cerithium tricingularum, Cerithium ighinai, Cerithium perlamellosum, Cerithium haimei (77159)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran Cerithium ighinai (76197 76198 76200) Cerithium plicatoligocenica, Cerithium ighinai (76199)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Oman Cerithium archiaci (75608) Cerithium rude (75606)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Oman Cerithium rude (75609)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Sri Lanka Ptychocerithium archiaci (77646 77650)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Northern Mariana Islands Cerithium progoense (43368)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Cerithium perlamellosum (72083) Cerithium rude (72033) Ptychocerithium rude (77656)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Cerithium rude (77169 77172)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India Cerithium pseudocorrugatum, Cerithium rude (111230)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Sri Lanka Ptychocerithium archiaci (77475)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Ptycocerithium pseudoelongatum (178111)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Turkey Cerithium turritoplicatum (78550 78551)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Centre) Ptychocerithium bronni (179581)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Ptychocerithium rembangense, Ptychocerithium rude (70085) Ptychocerithium travancorense, Ptychocerithium rude (70081)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Cerithium procrenatum (38823)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Cerithium granulium, Cerithium salmo (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Cerithium kavasiense (71893) Cerithium koroniense (71886 71901 71904)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Ptychocerithium travancorense, Ptychocerithium rude (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Cerithium rude (42275)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Cerithium progoense (42224)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Vanuatu Cerithium rostratum (77904)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan Cerithium pseudocorrugatum (77295)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Cerithium rostratum (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cerithium rostratum (96791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cerithium rostratum (192720)